The incident began when a former employee came into the business and fired a shot into the air, said Grifols Biomat employee Lisa Walterhouse.

“He shot one shot up in the air and told us to, 'Call 911, yea, call ‘em,’" Walterhouse said. “And then we ran.”

Portage Department of Public Safety posted the following message on its Facebook page at 12:24 p.m. Tuesday:

"Local Residents!

Please avoid the area of Kalamazoo Ave. And Edwards in Downtown Kalamazoo. A KDPS officer has been shot and injured in an incident and we are awaiting updates in his condition.

They’re is no current risk to the community from the suspect involved that we are aware of at this time."

Responding to questions on the post, the public safety department posted a comment saying, “According to information received, the officer is expected to be okay."

After the shooting, all lanes of East Kalamazoo Avenue were closed to traffic at Harrison Street, according to city officials. Shakespeare’s Pub announced on its Facebook page the business was temporarily closed as a result of the incident. Shortly after 3 p.m., the business posted on Facebook that Shakespeare’s and East Kalamazoo Avenue have both reopened.

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